Burleson County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Douglass William, Burleson County, Texas, 1867
Douglass William registered to vote in Burleson County on September 23, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas, 12 of them in Burleson County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Burleson County registered 636 freedmen in 1867, 44% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 12 years
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
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In Burleson County
Douglass William
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Douglass William
- County of registration
- Burleson County
- Precinct
- 3
- Registered
- September 23, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Burleson County
- 12 years
- Years in the precinct
- 8 months
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Williams elsewhere in Texas
Variations of William
- Williams 560
- Williamson 30
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 34 of the Burleson County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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